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Barry A Kogan¹, Paul J Feustel

¹Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York 12208, USA. bkogan@communitcare.com

|May 3, 2011

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Urology
Pediatric Surgery

Background:

The American Board of Urology introduced a certificate of special qualification in pediatric urology.
Practitioners applying for this certification submitted detailed billing logs.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze operative practice patterns in pediatric urology.
To gain insights from billing logs of subspecialty certificate applicants.

Main Methods:

Reviewed de-identified practice logs from 2007-2008 for pediatric urology subspecialty applicants.
Categorized cases by severity and type, and analyzed practitioner case volumes.
Examined variations in experience, geography, and practice type.

Main Results:

Analyzed 230 logs, with a median of 505 cases per practitioner annually.
Most common procedures included circumcision (55/year), orchiopexy (40/year), and hernia repair (40/year).
Major procedures were infrequent, such as proximal hypospadias (2/year) and genital reconstruction (1/year).

Conclusions:

The typical applicant in 2006-2007 focused on penile and groin procedures.
Subspecialty training in pediatric urology involved a limited volume of major reconstructive cases.